White sand and crystal clear water that laps around the Maldives draw thousands to the islands every year, but in the waves lie the seeds of the country's possible destruction. Skip related content The archipelago is on the frontline of climate change ...
MALE (AFP) – The Maldives, whose fight against rising sea levels has become a cause celebre for environmentalists, said Monday it would have to skip UN climate change talks in Copenhagen this year to save money. "We can't go to Copenhagen because we ...
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday admitted defeat in their battle for an independent ethnic homeland, with their few remaining fighters encircled in the jungle by soldiers. The Tigers’ armed campaign against the ...
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka rejected a fresh call for a truce Wednesday as Tiger rebels claimed 50 civilians were killed in air strikes and concern mounted for thousands of non-combatants trapped in the war zone. The government said it was firmly committed to ...
Sri Lankans celebrated the fall of the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital with street parties, but military observers say bloodier battles may still lie ahead as the rebels take refuge in the jungles. Sri Lankan army soldiers walk past the Tamil ...
Nineteen United States soldiers were killed in Iraq in May, the lowest monthly death toll since the US-led invasion of 2003, the US military said on Sunday. The month that saw the highest US losses was November 2004, when 137 American troops were killed. ...
Sri Lanka was hit by scathing criticism over its human rights record on Thursday, with its government fingered over hundreds of "disappearances" and an influential panel storming off the island. The move is a major blow to the image of the island's ...
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